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Topic: My short history of steel guitar |
Dean Owen
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted 19 May 2020 10:47 am |
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As I sat in the audience at last year's HSGA festival I was awed and inspired by the talent and passion that the folks there had for the steel guitar. On the long drive home back to Canada it occurred to me to put together a talk-story on the history of the instrument to help spread the word, so to speak. My live performance has the first three instruments and songs (the pedal steel is a brute to lug around now  ). I've shared this story and my love of the instrument at open-mics, jams and a seniors facility. The feed-back has been positive with comments ranging from "I didn't know it came from Hawaii" to "This took be back to the days when my grandmother played her Hawaiian guitar". There is more "talk" in the live talk story than in the video but I hope the point gets across okay. I had a lot of fun doing the research and listened to hours of playing all the way back to the early days of the steel guitar.
Akaka Falls on spanish guitar with a nut raiser..
https://youtu.be/2NYTaB9GXi8
Hula Blues on a resonator...
https://youtu.be/fTk1yKcHHrs
Sand on my Fender D8 Stringmaster (thanks to Greg Cutshaw for the backing track . . . it wasn't mentioned in the video)...
https://youtu.be/PW7ifHlQtis
Bud's bounce on my Sho-Bud...
https://youtu.be/5sUpBM0xWw8
Thank you . . .[/url]
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Joe Krumel
From:
Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 19 May 2020 11:54 am
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Dean, That stringmaster D8 sounds like a million bucks.
you are a talented player. thanks for posting. |
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Dean Owen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2020 10:48 am
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Thanks for the kind words Joe.
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Sho~Bud ('74) SD10, Regal clone reso, Fender D8 Stringmaster |
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 26 May 2020 12:10 pm
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That was great Dean. Keep the steel guitar message out there. Whether it's pedal, Hawaiian lap steel or acoustic. its all great.
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Canopus d-8
Excel Jerry Byrd frypan
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Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 27 May 2020 12:29 am
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| Fantastic playing! Thank you for sharing. |
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John Olynyk
From:
Prince Albert, Sask.
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Posted 12 Oct 2021 4:34 pm long time
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| hey where are you now? |
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Dean Owen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 12 Oct 2021 4:40 pm Re: long time
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| John Olynyk wrote: |
| hey where are you now? |
HI john ... still around, sent you a private message
Dean
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Sho~Bud ('74) SD10, Regal clone reso, Fender D8 Stringmaster |
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